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TALLAHASSEE -- After months of dodging questions about climate change, Gov. Rick Scott met today with a panel of climate scientists who have been trying to brief him on the human influence on global warming. Then he quickly left the office without answering any questions. The scientists were Jeffrey Chanton of Florida State University, David Hastings of Eckerd College, and Ben Kirtman, John Van Leer and Harold Wanless of the University of Miami. They detailed the potential impact of rising sea levels on South Florida, where the data on climate change comes from, the multiple datasets showing human activities have changed the composition of the atmosphere since the pre-Industrial...

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TALLAHASSEE -- After months of dodging questions about climate change, Gov. Rick Scott met today with a panel of climate scientists who have been trying to brief him on the human influence on global warming.
Then he quickly left the office without...

TALLAHASSEE — State regulators have approved a program that will allow Florida Power & Light customers to voluntarily chip in $9 a month to help pay for solar-energy projects, despite opposition from two groups that work to expand the use of solar...

Dungy's remarks on Sam
So we find out that Tony Dungy is a wimp. The former Tampa Bay Bucs and Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl-winning coach said Michael Sam, the NFL's first openly gay player, would cause a distraction, and he wouldn't have drafted...

Legoland Florida has installed a 6-foot-tall globe made of 250,000 Lego bricks near its Imagination Zone attraction. Its purpose is to enlighten guests about renewable-energy options at the Winter Haven theme park.
The structure, dubbed the Lego Globe,...

TALLAHASSEE – Climate change is not a new issue in Florida policymaking circles, but it's making an inconvenient intrusion into Florida's gubernatorial contest.
Gov. Rick Scott has been taking heat over the past two weeks because he's repeatedly dodged...

There’s new money available for a unique way to finance new windows and other improvements to your home or business, but most of Central Florida can’t use it yet.
Orlando engineer Jonathan Schaefer, of Leidos Engineering, is managing a project that has...

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Seminole school district officials are eying compressed natural gas as cheaper fuel source for their fleet of buses. Right now the district is spending about $7,773 a year on diesel fuel for each of its buses. But Leon County (Tallahassee) has switched to comp

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We didn't need another example of how Florida's public officials are abandoning their responsibility to safeguard the environment.Not when they've already managed to gut the state's growth management apparatus, fight water regulators, and consider putting con

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By Keith LaingÂ Â Â Â The News Service of FloridaTALLAHASSEE — Likely Democratic gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink on Tuesday released her plans to tackle energy issues if she is elected governor, and promised a study of mandatory ben